cuttlefishes

Or paint ourselves up in bioreactive glowpaint and walk around like cuttlefishes.

Books 2009

Or paint ourselves up in bioreactive glowpaint and walk around like cuttlefishes.

Weblogs 2009

Or paint ourselves up in bioreactive glowpaint and walk around like cuttlefishes.

Writing 2009

Yet other creatures — whelks, cuttlefishes, oysters, snails, and all their tribe (“Mollusca”) — resemble one another in the same way, but differ from both

Essays 2007

Also very notable was the abundance of predatory cuttlefishes, the bullies of the ancient seas.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897

In other words, true fishes were evolved -- destined in the course of ages to replace the cuttlefishes (which are mere molluscs) in dominating the seas.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897

There are clouds of ink in the clear water, for, as Professor Hickson puts it, the cuttlefishes have thrown dust in the eyes of their enemies.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897

There are wonderfully complete fossil series, e.g. among cuttlefishes, in which we can almost see evolution in process.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897

The same power of rapid colour-change is seen in cuttlefishes, where it is often an expression of nervous excitement, though it sometimes helps to conceal.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897

The cuttlefishes are molluscs and may be regarded as the highest of the backboneless or Invertebrate animals.

The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told J. Arthur Thomson 1897